Selected Short Novels of Jia Pingwa -- New Classics Library

Author: Jia Pingwa
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Jia Pingwa (1952–) is a contemporary writer, originally named Jia Pingwa. He is from Danfeng, Shaanxi. After graduating from the Chinese Department of Northwest University in 1975, he served as an art editor at Shaanxi People's Publishing House and an editor for the literary magazine Chang'an. From 1982 onwards, he engaged in professional writing. He has held positions such as member of the China Writers' Association and vice chairman of the Shaanxi Branch of the Writers' Association. His works include short story collections such as The Warrior, Chronicles of Sisters, Mountain Notes, Wild Fire Collection, Reminiscences of Shangzhou, Before the Little Moon, December and January, The Heaven Dog, Late Night Singing, Jia Pingwa's Award-Winning Middle-Length Novels, and Jia Pingwa's Self-Selected Works. His long novels include Shangzhou, Zhou River, Restlessness, Ruins, and White Night. His autobiographical novel I Am a Farmer, as well as essay collections such as Traces of the Moon, Traces of the Heart, Traces of Love, and Jia Pingwa's Self-Selected Essays, a poetry collection titled Emptiness, and Essays on Pingwa. His novel December and January won the 3rd National Excellent Middle-Length Novel Award from the China Writers' Association, and Full Moon won the 1978 National Excellent Short Story Award. In 1988, he received the American Fei Ma Literature Award. In 1997, he won the French Women's Foreign Literature Award. Jia Pingwa's novels depict the rural areas of Northwest China during the New Period, especially the changes after the reform and opening-up, with broad perspectives and rich contemporary Chinese social and cultural psychological connotations. They are rich in regional characteristics, with a fresh and enduring style, and are deeply rooted in nature.